The City of Pelham and the Cahaba Valley Elks Lodge are sponsoring the 6th annual Flag Day Celebration starting at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 14, 2014, at the Pelham Civic Center and Ice Arena. (File photo)

PELHAM, Alabama -- The City of Pelham and the Cahaba Valley Elks Lodge are sponsoring the 6th annual Flag Day Celebration happening this Saturday at the Pelham Civic Center and Ice Arena.

The free event begins at 2 p.m. and offers a patriotic program filled with tributes to the United States flag and its history. The band Homeland will be the featured entertainer this year, and there will be a reenactment of the raising of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima.

Attendees can witness a Flag Day history ceremony as well as a presentation to honor the branches of the United States military.

In celebration of the national anthem's 200th birthday, the event will include the Smithsonian's "Raise It Up!" program that will allows people across the country to sing the "Star Spangled Banner" at the same time.

"On June 14, 2014, at 4:00 PM EDT, add your voice to the largest group sing of the national anthem in history as we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired our national anthem," according to the Smithsonian's website for the special program.

Organizers of the Flag Day Celebration are asking that attendees bring their old U.S. flags to include in the Boy Scouts' flag retirement ceremony that will conclude the event.

Representatives for Veteran Services and the Blue Star Foundation Fallen Heroes Display will also be part of the event.